Friday, December 17, 2010

Starting Baby Food

Tobin and Callie started eating baby food on 12/10. Tobin is a pro at opening his mouth, lunges for the food and eats lots. Callie seems to be much more selective. So far, she has only done this for the applesauce. They've had carrots, baby cereal (rice) and love the applesauce. Meal time just got very interesting!
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THE Christmas Pic

Here is the final (well, unedited final) version of the Christmas pic.
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Christmas pics 2010

The challenge: 4 kids one perfect Christmas photo.
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Callie and Tobin 6 months old

Callie and Tobin turned 6 months old in Florida. While there, Callie mastered rolling over and sleeping through the night (one of mom's favorites:). Tobin started rolling over more and "talking". Tobin sounds like he is really trying to talk. They both are sleeping more consistently for a morning and afternoon nap and a short evening nap. There is also lots of drooling. Tobin got his first tooth on 12/14!
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The Kindness of Strangers

Taking four small children to the beach is a lot like moving :) When we got to the beach, we had to set up a tent and all of our stuff. One day, two women came over and offered to help. They set up our tent. And later held a crying baby so I could get the other one to sleep, and Jon could keep the 2 older kids from drowning in the ocean. We were really thankful for the help!
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Jon's 31st

We celebrated Jon's birthday while in FL. Sara and Jonas had a fun time helping frost the cake and put in all the candles.
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Florida 2010

We took a road trip to FL. We survived with 4 children in a van for 3 days each way. They all did an amazing job! The babies cried for about an hour total of the trip. Sara and Jonas watched tons of movies and the time went pretty quickly. We were ablet to stay in a great condo, enjoy the beach a few days and the pool. The kids love our time in FL. It's nice to just hang out and take it easy and enjoy being together. While there, we had to get a new transmission, but thankfully the warranty we bought with our used van covered the majority of it. We returned refreshed and ready to be home :)
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